Global Patent Index - EP 0815705 A1

EP 0815705 A1 19980107 - SIGNAL QUALITY DETERMINING DEVICE AND METHOD

Title (en)

SIGNAL QUALITY DETERMINING DEVICE AND METHOD

Title (de)

VORRICHTUNG UND VERFAHREN ZUR SIGNALQUALITÄTSERFASSUNG

Title (fr)

DISPOSITIF ET PROCEDE DE DETERMINATION DE LA QUALITE D'UN SIGNAL

Publication

EP 0815705 A1 19980107 (EN)

Application

EP 96908056 A 19960313

Priority

  • EP 9601143 W 19960313
  • NL 9500512 A 19950315

Abstract (en)

[origin: WO9628950A1] A device for determining the quality of an ouput signal to be generated by a signal processing circuit with respect to a reference signal is provided with a first series circuit for receiving the output signal and with a second series circuit for receiving the reference signal and generates an objective quality signal by means of a combining circuit coupled to the two series circuits. The poor correlation between said objective quality signal and a subjective quality signal to be assessed by human observers can be considerably improved by reducing, in a differential arrangement, present in the combining circuit, for determining the difference between the two series circuit signals, said difference by a certain value, preferably as a function of a series circuit signal, and the poor correlation can be further improved by disposing a scaling circuit between the two series circuits for scaling at least one series circuit signal, it is furthermore also possible to scale the quality signal as a function of said scaling arrangement.

IPC 1-7

H04R 21/00

IPC 8 full level

G10L 25/69 (2013.01); H03H 17/00 (2006.01); H03H 17/02 (2006.01); H03M 7/30 (2006.01); H04R 29/00 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP US)

G10L 25/69 (2013.01 - EP US); H04R 29/001 (2013.01 - EP US)

Citation (search report)

See references of WO 9628950A1

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE CH DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE

DOCDB simple family (publication)

WO 9628950 A1 19960919; AT E171832 T1 19981015; AT E172836 T1 19981115; AT E193632 T1 20000615; AU 5002496 A 19961002; AU 5143896 A 19961002; AU 5144996 A 19961002; CA 2215358 A1 19960919; CA 2215358 C 20010501; CA 2215366 A1 19960919; CA 2215366 C 20010227; CA 2215367 A1 19960919; CA 2215367 C 20010227; CN 1115079 C 20030716; CN 1119919 C 20030827; CN 1127884 C 20031112; CN 1183883 A 19980603; CN 1183884 A 19980603; CN 1183885 A 19980603; DE 69600728 D1 19981105; DE 69600728 T2 19990422; DE 69600878 D1 19981203; DE 69600878 T2 19990422; DE 69608674 D1 20000706; DE 69608674 T2 20010301; DK 0815705 T3 19990621; DK 0815706 T3 20001030; DK 0815707 T3 19990705; EP 0815705 A1 19980107; EP 0815705 B1 19980930; EP 0815706 A1 19980107; EP 0815706 B1 20000531; EP 0815707 A1 19980107; EP 0815707 B1 19981028; ES 2124630 T3 19990201; ES 2125105 T3 19990216; ES 2150106 T3 20001116; GR 3034182 T3 20001130; HK 1009690 A1 19990910; HK 1009691 A1 19990910; HK 1009692 A1 19990910; JP 2004258672 A 20040916; JP 2005062821 A 20050310; JP 4024225 B2 20071219; JP 4024226 B2 20071219; JP H11502071 A 19990216; JP H11503276 A 19990323; JP H11503277 A 19990323; NL 9500512 A 19961001; PT 815706 E 20001130; US 6041294 A 20000321; US 6064946 A 20000516; US 6064966 A 20000516; WO 9628952 A1 19960919; WO 9628953 A1 19960919

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 9601143 W 19960313; AT 96906719 T 19960229; AT 96908036 T 19960311; AT 96908056 T 19960313; AU 5002496 A 19960229; AU 5143896 A 19960311; AU 5144996 A 19960313; CA 2215358 A 19960311; CA 2215366 A 19960313; CA 2215367 A 19960229; CN 96193737 A 19960311; CN 96193744 A 19960229; CN 96193745 A 19960313; DE 69600728 T 19960313; DE 69600878 T 19960311; DE 69608674 T 19960229; DK 96906719 T 19960229; DK 96908036 T 19960311; DK 96908056 T 19960313; EP 9600849 W 19960229; EP 9601102 W 19960311; EP 96906719 A 19960229; EP 96908036 A 19960311; EP 96908056 A 19960313; ES 96906719 T 19960229; ES 96908036 T 19960311; ES 96908056 T 19960313; GR 20000401876 T 20000814; HK 98110496 A 19980907; HK 98110498 A 19980907; HK 98110499 A 19980907; JP 2004113334 A 20040407; JP 2004113335 A 20040407; JP 52722096 A 19960229; JP 52728496 A 19960311; JP 52729196 A 19960313; NL 9500512 A 19950315; PT 96906719 T 19960229; US 91303797 A 19970905; US 91303897 A 19970905; US 91303997 A 19970905